OSHA Whistleblowers

New and Updated

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: New Hampshire

  Updated to reflect law providing retaliation protections for volunteer emergency responder leave, effective August 13, 2024.

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  Policies and Procedures

  Whistleblower Policy

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.

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  Handbook Templates

  Reporting and Anti-Retaliation Policy Handbook Statement

  Updated statement to remove information concerning the confidentiality of company trade secrets as this is addressed in the Confidential Company Information Handbook Statement; and updated statement and guidance to reflect the National Labor Relations Board’s Stericycle ruling.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: South Carolina

  Updated to reflect the expiration of employee protections related to COVID-19 vaccination mandates, and its removal from this article.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: North Carolina

  Updated to reflect law regarding discrimination for Civil Air Patrol leave, effective December 1, 2023.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Federal

  Updated in relation to recent NLRB legal developments.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: District of Columbia

  Updated to reflect amendments to the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements, effective September 21, 2022.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Arizona

  Updated to reflect retaliation provisions in the Tucson minimum wage ordinance, effective April 1, 2022.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: South Dakota

  Updated to reflect amendments to the medical cannabis law, effective July 1, 2022.

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  Legal Timetable

  OSHA Narrows Test to Prove Prohibited Retaliation